Local Democracy Reporter

Harrow Council has appointed a new chief executive, who will be paid more than the prime minister. 

A council has apologised after a glitch in its IT system has left residents still waiting for their £150 council tax rebate. 

Residents in a North London neighbourhood have urged the council to invest in their local park, which has previously been branded a “joke”.

Harrow’s new Conservative administration will offer an hour’s free parking and aims to freeze council tax, its leader has said.

Plans for hundreds of new homes on the site of a station car park have been scrapped after developers said the scheme would be too expensive to build. 

You can smell Wealdstone Brook before you see it.

Boris Johnson’s recent visit to India may have influenced the Conservatives’ surprise election win in Harrow last week, local Tory councillors have said.

The Conservatives clinched a shock victory in Harrow, offering the party a spark of hope on what was a difficult night in London.

Labour maintained its strong grip in Brent after it secured a healthy majority at this year’s local elections. 

The “UK’s strictest headteacher” has suggested girls are unlikely to pursue physics because they don’t like “hard maths”.